MEM: Separate requests and responses for timing accesses
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43
44 #ifndef __MEM_TPORT_HH__
45 #define __MEM_TPORT_HH__
46
47 /**
48 * @file
49 *
50 * Declaration of SimpleTimingPort.
51 */
52
53 #include "mem/qport.hh"
54
55 /**
56 * The simple timing port uses a queued port to implement
57 * recvFunctional and recvTimingReq through recvAtomic. It is always a
58 * slave port.
59 */
60 class SimpleTimingPort : public QueuedSlavePort
61 {
62
63 protected:
64
65 /** The packet queue used to store outgoing responses. */
66 SlavePacketQueue queue;
67
68 /** Implemented using recvAtomic(). */
69 void recvFunctional(PacketPtr pkt);
70
71 /** Implemented using recvAtomic(). */
72 bool recvTimingReq(PacketPtr pkt);
73
74 virtual Tick recvAtomic(PacketPtr pkt) = 0;
75
76 public:
77
78 /**
79 * Create a new SimpleTimingPort that relies on a packet queue to
80 * hold responses, and implements recvTimingReq and recvFunctional
81 * through calls to recvAtomic. Once a request arrives, it is
82 * passed to recvAtomic, and in the case of a timing access any
83 * response is scheduled to be sent after the delay of the atomic
84 * operation.
85 *
86 * @param name port name
87 * @param owner structural owner
88 */
89 SimpleTimingPort(const std::string& name, MemObject* owner);
90
91 virtual ~SimpleTimingPort() { }
92
93 };
94
95 #endif // __MEM_TPORT_HH__